Wading for JPP Hybrids

[jad2t]

Originally Posted by nomad60

Nice fish but I like the last pic (dinner) the best

Dude it was so good

[Headhunter]

Nice fish, I would not eat one myself though. When I have to kill one I give them away.

Not to rob your post at all but I caught about 20 like these last year, largest was 14 lbs, these 2 were 13 each. Killed these 2 for a friend but the rest were released. The topwater bite last year was awesome.

[blink]

Nice fish Jimmy.
Let me know if you hit it any afternoon or evening weekday soon and i will meet you out there.

[jad2t]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

Nice fish, I would not eat one myself though. When I have to kill one I give them away.

Just curious, why won't you eat one but you'll give them to a friend to eat?

[jad2t]

Originally Posted by blink

Nice fish Jimmy.
Let me know if you hit it any afternoon or evening weekday soon and i will meet you out there.

Will do. I don't think I'll go again during the week since it's about to get really cold and kill the fishing for a bit and I don't have enough time after work to justify taking the yak. Wading won't be an option pretty soon with the water rising to Summer pool. Back to weekends but I do plan to go after them until they stop feeding like this.

[Headhunter]

I do not like white bass, stripers or hybrids to eat. They are terrible IMO. Doesn't mean if one "eats" the lure and I feel sure it won't live after being released and I know people who love to eat them, that I can't give them away. I usually even clean them first. To me if you get rid of all the red meat, soak the fillets in water with baking soda and salt, change the water a few times, they are edible, but nothing to get exictied over.

yellow belly stripe are great to eat though. those little fillets are tasty.

[spottedbass]

Headhunter, I'm just curious, do you like trout? Also do you fry the yellow bass?

[Headhunter]

Nope, I don't care for trout. I catch a bunch of hatchery trout, but I let them go or give them away.

I fry the yellows. Great to eat.

[jad2t]

I guess we all have our preference. I don't really care for catfish that much. Bluegill either because it's not worth the effort to get a few nibbles. Anything else can and in most cases will head to the freezer except during Spring I release bass. I really like cooking. The way I cook fish and the way most people cook them (some cheap breading and fry them in oil) are very different and there's a lot to be said about how that can make the fish taste. I'm a pretty good cook, my wife can testify, and I make some delicious fish entrees!

[spottedbass]

Jimmy, I agree with you. I don't care for crappie or catfish because they taste like whatever you bread them in. Most people fry them. I perfer all my fished grilled. Stripers and hybrids (and even sometimes white bass) make great fish to grill because of the thick filets. Trout and salmon are wonderful grilled. So are spanish mackeral and tuna. I like a fish that actually taste like fish and not breading.

To each his own. We all lilke diferent things and that is what makes the world go around....

[creekcrappie]

I love crappie, catfish, bluegill, yellow bass, trout, and white bass. I don't like hybrids or bass. Too much fishy flavor in the hybrids and bass.

[TNBronzeback]

[QUOTE=spottedbass;49563] I perfer all my fished grilled.
Im with ya on that one! i would cook everything i eat on the grill if i had all different grilling plates and such. i think everything tastes better with that nice charry, grilled flavor and yeah, the big thick filets from the hybrids are perfect for the grill.
Hmmmmm, i think i have my dinner plans for tomorrow night now! thaw out some linesides!

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by jad2t

I wanted to bring the flyrod yesterday but I don't think 20 mph winds were best conditions for that! No need for shiners, flukes work just great! Sounds like me, you, and Jeremy need to get together in the yaks and chase them one evening before it's over.

Flukes do work really well when the fish are on the feed but it's nice to have a few shiners on standby for when they get all finicky. There are days when you mark tons of fish with bait but can't buy one on a fluke.

A chartreuse/white size 2 clouser will get absolutely creamed.